There's something very appealing about mandalas. Perhaps it's their symmetry & balance or their unique combination of complexity and bold simplicity. Whatever the reason, I often turn to mandalas when creating bracelet designs. In this bracelet, I focused on the center of the mandala & chose beautiful blue & white beads. At the end of the description, I've included a portion of Wikipedia's article on mandalas.

The nearly 2,000 small beads are handwoven (without a loom), 2 beads at a time, using a technique called 2-drop peyote stitch. The technique gives the bracelet a lovely drape & feel, almost like fabric.

Measurements: 1" (2.5cm) wide, 7" (17.8cm) long, including the silver-tone tube slide clasp.                   

NOTE: all items are shipped with tracking from my studio in the south of France;  please allow time for packages to reach destinations outside France. I ship quickly (often the same business day) but have no control over the speed or efficiency of postal services here or around the world.

"A mandala is a geometric configuration of symbols. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing the attention of practitioners and adepts, as a spiritual guidance tool, for establishing a sacred space and as an aid to meditation and trance induction. In the Eastern religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Shintoism it is used as a map representing deities, or especially in the case of Shintoism, paradises, kami, or actual shrines.

Mandala as an art form first appeared in Buddhist art that was produced in India during the first-century B.C.E. In New Age, the mandala is a diagram, chart, or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically; a time-microcosm of the universe, but it originally meant to represent wholeness and a model for the organizational structure of life itself, a cosmic diagram that shows the relation to the infinite and the world that extends beyond and within various minds & bodies."